2021 Award Winners

AWSA Christian Market

Book of the Year—Staying Power by Carol and Gene Kent and Cindy and David Lambert (Revell)

Christian Living Book of the Year—Staying Power by Carol and Gene Kent and Cindy and David Lambert (Revell)

Christian Market Novel of the Year—What Momma Left Behind by Cindy K. Sproles (Revell)

Historical Novel of the Year (2nd Place)—Shadows of the White City by Jocelyn Green (Bethany House Publishers)

Mystery/Suspense Novel of the Year—Acceptable Risk by Lynette Eason (Revell)

Mystery/Suspense Novel of the Year (3rd Place)—Collateral Damage by Lynette Eason (Revell)

Nonfiction Book of the Year—Stronger Every Day by Janell Rardon (Revell)

Nonfiction Book of the Year Award (2nd Place)—365 Ways to Love Your Child by Julie Lavender (Revell)

Booksellers Best Award

Inspirational Fiction—Point of Danger by Irene Hannon (Revell)

Carol Awards

Contemporary—The Promised Land by Elizabeth Musser (Bethany House Publishers)

Debut—Things We Didn't Say by Amy Lynn Green (Bethany House Publishers)

Historical—Things We Didn't Say by Amy Lynn Green (Bethany House Publishers)

Historical Romance—Like Flames in the Night by Connilyn Cossette (Bethany House Publishers)

Illumination Award—What Momma Left Behind by Cindy K. Sproles (Revell)

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller—Dead End by Nancy Mehl (Bethany House Publishers)

Romance—Love and a Little White Lie by Tammy L. Gray (Bethany House Publishers)

Christianity Today Book Award

The Church & Pastoral Leadership—Preaching to People in Pain by Matthew D. Kim (Baker Academic)

Politics & Public Life—Reparations by Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson (Brazos Press)

Theology/Ethics—Simply Trinity by Matthew Barrett (Baker Books)

Christy Award

Book of the Year—The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox (Revell)

Contemporary Romance—Stay with Me by Becky Wade (Bethany House Publishers)

First Novel—The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox (Revell)

General Fiction—The Way It Should Be by Christina Suzann Nelson (Bethany House Publishers)

Historical Romance—A Portrait of Loyalty by Roseanna M. White (Bethany House Publishers)

Holt Medallion

Long Inspirational—Point of Danger by Irene Hannon (Revell)

Interviews and Reviews

Book of the Year—Under the Bayou Moon by Valerie Fraser Luesse (Revell)

The Kipp Award-Fiction Readers Summit

Contemporary—The Nature of Small Birds by Susie Finkbeiner (Revell)

Contemporary Romance—Tacos for Two by Betsy St. Amant (Revell)

Historical—Yours Is the Night by Amanda Joy Dykes (Bethany House Publishers)

Historical Romance—A Dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel (Revell)

Speculative/Fantasy—Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund (Revell)

Split Time—The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox (Revell)

Suspense/Mystery—Lights Out by Natalie Walters (Revell)

RWA Faith, Hope, & Love Reader's Choice Award

Novella—Inn for a Surprise by Karen Witemeyer (Bethany House Publishers)

Selah Award

Audio—Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish by Bethany Turner (Revell)

Contemporary Romance—Two Steps Forward by Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell)

Historical/Biblical—Stories That Bind Us by Susie Finkbeiner (Revell)

Mystery/Suspense—Chasing the White Lion by James R. Hannibal (Revell)

The Vivian Award

Contemporary Romance—Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish by Bethany Turner (Revell)

Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements—Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish by Bethany Turner (Revell)